TOPIC: INNOVATION (41)

New Economics Foundation (nef)

http://www.neweconomics.org

Nef (the new economics foundation) is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being. We aim to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues. We work in partnership and put people and the planet first.

Wild Gift

http://wildgift.org

What do social entrepreneurs need to create positive change? Wild Gift combines astute business mentoring with a collective wilderness experience that aligns values, develops leadership skills, and creates bonds with other change-makers.

Jumpstart

http://jewishjumpstart.org

Jumpstart’s mission is to develop, strengthen, and learn from emerging Jewish organizations that build community at the nexus of spirituality, learning, social activism, and culture, in order to transform the broader Jewish community and the world.

Think Public

http://thinkpublic.com

We are a social design agency that helps tackle big social challenges. We work with the public sector, third sector and communities.

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Think Public, Social Design

Games for Change

http://www.gamesforchange.org

Founded in 2004, Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games that serve as critical tools in humanitarian and educational efforts. Unlike the commercial gaming industry, we aim to leverage entertainment and engagement for social good. To further grow the field, Games for Change convenes multiple stakeholders, highlights best practices, incubates games, and helps create and direct investment into new projects.

Pave

http://www.pave.com

A new online community where people invest in each other, support work that matters, and share in what's achieved. We represent a generation of young people striving to do work that matters and accomplished leaders who recognize the value of investing in them. Our prospects are rebuilding the economy and reinvigorating our culture, but need financial flexibility and wisdom from those whose footsteps they follow. Now, we've created a new way to make that happen - an opportunity both pragmatic and visionary - and we're asking everyone to get involved.

Velopresso

http://www.velopresso.cc

Velopresso is a celebratory fusion of human power, sensory pleasures and technology
-- old tech with hi-tech, bicycles and coffee, their engineering and aesthetics. The result is an innovative pedal-powered mobile coffee-making machine for off-grid selling of quality espresso and its derivatives with a compact footprint and near silent ultra-low carbon human-powered operation -- fine coffee, no electricity, no motors, no noise.

Social Capital Markets

http://socialcapitalmarkets.net

A growing market for investing in social solutions. Watch conversations from our SOCAP events on shaping this new market.

Proximity Designs

http://proximitydesigns.org

Proximity Designs is an award winning social enterprise designing products and services that help Myanmar rural families achieve their goals.

Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org

Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free ebooks. Download over 40,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Nook, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android or other mobile or cell phone.


Local Food Lab

http://www.localfoodlab.com

Local Food Lab is a platform for developing successful innovation and entrepreneurship in local food systems. We offer world-class entrepreneurial education, diverse resources and a robust network of experienced and highly skilled food and farm industry professionals who are inventing the future of food. Our purpose is to enable food and farm entrepreneurs to imagine and grow a new food system, one that is healthy, just and sustainable.

General Assembly

http://generalassemb.ly

We’ve created a multi-faceted campus to serve the needs of high-potential entrepreneurs and advance the startup ecosystem in New York. Our community not only has a place in which to collaborate, but also take advantage of a new kind of learning-by-doing. Through our curriculum, entrepreneurs will receive a pragmatic and multi-disciplinary education at the intersection of technology, design, and entrepreneurship.

GE

http://www.ge.com

GE works on things that matter. The best people and the best technologies taking on the toughest challenges. Finding solutions in energy, health and home, transportation and finance. Building, powering, moving and helping to cure the world. Not just imagining. Doing. GE works.

Mimi Hearing Test

https://www.mimi.io/hearing-test

The Mimi Hearing Test, which is ranked #1 hearing test in the app store provides a full overview of one's hearing age and profile for free. 

Grible

http://www.grible.co

The growth of data is staggering — doubling roughly every 18 months. Using data as a business asset has the potential to change the game and is rapidly becoming a necessity for every company. It's the foundation of innovative ways that improve decision making, user experience and much more. However, building intelligent digital solutions can be a major challenge, especially when approached from a traditional business mindset. Grible helps companies innovate through product development creating intelligent digital products.